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<h2 class="chapter">4 Machine Dependent Features</h2>

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sections describe them.  Machines where <code>ld</code> has no additional
functionality are not listed.
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="H8_002f300.html#H8_002f300" accesskey="1">H8/300</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and the H8/300
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="i960.html#i960" accesskey="2">i960</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and the Intel 960 family
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="M68HC11_002f68HC12.html#M68HC11_002f68HC12" accesskey="3">M68HC11/68HC12</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and the Motorola 68HC11 and 68HC12 families
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="ARM.html#ARM" accesskey="4">ARM</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and the ARM family
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="HPPA-ELF32.html#HPPA-ELF32" accesskey="5">HPPA ELF32</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and HPPA 32-bit ELF
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="M68K.html#M68K" accesskey="6">M68K</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and the Motorola 68K family
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="MIPS.html#MIPS" accesskey="7">MIPS</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and the MIPS family
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="MMIX.html#MMIX" accesskey="8">MMIX</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and MMIX
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="MSP430.html#MSP430" accesskey="9">MSP430</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and MSP430
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="NDS32.html#NDS32">NDS32</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and NDS32
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Nios-II.html#Nios-II">Nios II</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and the Altera Nios II
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="PowerPC-ELF32.html#PowerPC-ELF32">PowerPC ELF32</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and PowerPC 32-bit ELF Support
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="PowerPC64-ELF64.html#PowerPC64-ELF64">PowerPC64 ELF64</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and PowerPC64 64-bit ELF Support
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="SPU-ELF.html#SPU-ELF">SPU ELF</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and SPU ELF Support
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="TI-COFF.html#TI-COFF">TI COFF</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and TI COFF
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="WIN32.html#WIN32">WIN32</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and WIN32 (cygwin/mingw)
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Xtensa.html#Xtensa">Xtensa</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top"><code>ld</code> and Xtensa Processors
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